Moba senses the future with PAVETM paving thickness measuring

First published in bauma Preview - March 22, 2019

MOBA’s new CSMT-300 ultrasonic sensor for paving thickness measurement

Moba has revised and improved the sensor technology on the company’s PAVETM paving thickness measuring system.

The technology has meant that PAVETM system – for non-contact layer thickness measurement – is now competing in the finals against two other innovations in the bauma Innovation Awards category “Components, Digital Systems”.

Moba says that PAVE-TM is the world‘s only system for automatic layer thickness measurement in road construction. The system constantly displays the thickness of the paved asphalt layer which reduces manual measurements.

The new CSMT-300 ultrasonic sensor – developed in-house at MOBA specifically for thickness measurement – increases the accuracy of the system. The system reduces the amount of paving material, saves considerable costs and promotes resource-saving asphalt paving at the same time.

Data collected by PAVETM can be incorporated into BIM – building information modelling – if it is being used by the contractors and client. This prepares the way for industry 4.0, the trend of automation and data exchange including cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, cloud computing and cognitive computing. Industry 4.0 is commonly referred to as the fourth industrial revolution.